TALENTED LEFT-WINGER JIMMY GARDNER SPENT TWO SEASONS WITH THE CANADIENS AS A PLAYER-COACH.

Born May 21, 1881, Jimmy Gardner honed his hockey skills alongside Hall of Fame legend Dickie Boon, playing together in the streets of Montreal.

Over the course of his career, Gardner won four Stanley Cups, the first two in 1902 and 1903 with the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association team, and again in 1909 and 1910 with the Montreal Wanderers.

Between 1904 and 1907, he played in the original IHL, earning one Second Team All-Star selection in that time.

A talented left-winger, Gardner played two seasons with the Canadiens as a player-coach. He scored 19 points in 17 games from 1913 to 1915, a few years before the team joined the NHL.

After hanging up his skates, he coached the NHL’s Hamilton Tigers, the Providence Reds of the Canadian-American League, and Verdun and Sherbrooke in the Quebec League.

Gardner was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962. He died on November 7, 1940.